NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

An exhibition was held today in Cork celebrating the city's history and heritage. Alison Miles Alison Miles

• Bus Éireann services were shut down today due to an “unofficial strike”.
• Gardaí submitted 13 files on Spiritan school sexual abuse cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions. 
• Uisce Éireann announced it will send a water treatment plant to Ukraine to help provide clean drinking water in war-struck areas.
• The PSNI named the man who died in a single-vehicle crash on Friday as 49-year-old Juraj Luptak. 
• Helen McEntee said a new garda roster was necessary in order to effectively tackle crime as a dispute raged on between garda associations and senior management.
• Key measures of the Windsor Framework came into effect for Northern Ireland today, including the use of a label that read “Not for EU”.
• Irish golfers Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy played their part in Rome as Europe defeated the United States to reclaim the Ryder Cup. 

INTERNATIONAL 

Firefighter continued to retrieve bodies from a nightclub that caught fire in Murcia, Spain. ALFONSO DURAN ALFONSO DURAN

#MURCIA At least thirteen people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in Spain. 

#Chegutu The death toll from a collapsed mine in Zimbabwe was expected to reach thirteen as recovery efforts continued. 

#ANKARA A suicide bomber attacked the Turkish Parliament that left two guards injured. The Kurdish PKK workers party claimed responsibility. 

#Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan issued an arrest warrant for former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Arayik Harutyunyan, according to the country’s prosecutor general.

#WARSAW Around a million people gathered at a rally in Warsaw to protest against Poland’s conservative government two weeks ahead of a key general election.

#WASHINGTON The US government temporarily avoided a shutdown as lawmakers reached a deal to continue funding until mid November. 

#CHIAPAS At least ten people died when a truck carrying migrants overturned on a highway in Mexico. 

PARTING SHOT

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‘A demonic agenda’: How sex ed became the target of anti-LGBT groups at the National Stadium

In our lead story this morning, Stevie McDermott examined how sex education became a focal point for anti-LGBTQ activists.

You can read the full article here.